Who runs this country?

The BBC had a poll to see who listeners considered to be the person running the country. Quotes below from their website with my comments in-between.

"European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has been voted Britain's most powerful man in a BBC poll.
Mr Barroso, who is unelected, received 22% of the vote in the BBC Radio 4 shortlist .....BBC political editor Nick Robinson says voters may be using the poll to say Europe has too much power. "

Slight correction needed. The EU has too much power. EU and Europe are not synonymous. I can love Europe and hate the EU.

"Mr Blair got 7% and the chancellor 4%, which was less than the 10% polled by Cabinet Secretary and chief civil servant Sir Gus O'Donnell."

Quite. As a devotee of "Yes Prime Mininster" I voted for the Sir Humphrey as being top dog.

"The European Commission is the EU's executive body and the only EU institution that can propose legislation. That is where the commission has its power, Nick Robinson says. Commenting on the Who Runs Britain? poll, Roger Knapman, leader of the UK Independence Party, congratulated those who voted for Mr Barroso.
"Of course it is the only chance you'll get to vote for him or for that matter against him," he said. "He is now a bureaucrat perceived as the most important man in this country and that is quite shocking." But former Europe Minister Dennis McShane said it was "an urban myth" to suggest that Britain's laws were decided by Europe. "

No myth McShane. Henry VIII got us out of Europe. Traitor Heath got us into the EU. We are no longer a sovereign nation state.